Alive - SIDE-NOTE

Edition N°2 ponders the vast notion of being ALIVE.

What it means to be ALIVE seems to be just as elusive as the meaning of life itself. While it doesn’t adhere to finite definition, what we know for sure is that touch, taste, sight and sound coalesce to form a visceral interpretation of the world around us. But is it simply a symphony of the senses? Or is there a little bit of magic and meaning hovering beyond the tangible experience? How does one delineate living from being alive? This edition tackles all the big questions.

OH, THIS OLD THING? BY BANANAS CLARKE & BIANCA FARMAKIS

To wear something new and style it to your personality is one thing - to wear something with a personality and reclaim it as your own is a trend to endure for the ages. Bianca Farmakis considers the role of a rapidly expanding secondhand market in the creation of personal style.

I HAVE MEASURED OUT MY LIFE WITH COFFEE SPOONS BY VICTORIA PEARSON AND ANNA POGOSSOVA

There is a semi-deflated black orb gathering dust on a shelf in my home that taunts me whenever it veers into my eyeline. Its pearlescent sheen and accompanying yoga mat are silent and still, but may as well be shrieking and shaking with the force at which I’m confronted by their daily cry: We have been abandoned. Victoria Pearson considers how history will remember our time.

RETURN TO COUNTRY BY CHARLEE FRASER AND NICOLE BENTLEY

Model and First Nation Fashion + Design ambassador Charlee Fraser discusses her poignant, transformative journey of cultural discovery.

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG – MIA HEALEY BY JAKE TERREY

The idea of freedom can evoke its own sense of fear, a sub conscious hesitance that overwhelms the mind when you imagine what it would be like to be bound by nothing. To actor Mia Healey, it’s a liberation from control, reclaiming one’s identity through the love for one’s self and an embrace of potential failure in the pursuit of success.

The Language of Love by Matilda Dods

There is a sweet and sticky awkwardness of falling in love that never truly leaves, even after the days of high school and asking your parents’ permission to go out with your boyfriend. Like an ice cream melting down your fingers, sugary trails to be licked off hands and wrists, leaving behind a sticky residue.

PEOPLE OF NOTE: BOYS OF BARONS BY ROBBIE FIMMANO

Exploring 1970s Australia, a time categorised by fluidity, free-love and rebellion, Barons is a television series that charts the tension between two friends on the precipice of billion-dollar success, and the idea of a chosen family. SIDE-NOTE sits down with Lincoln Younes, Ben O’Toole, Alexander England and Kick Gurry - friends, former house mates and co-stars.

Making Sense of the World: Saara Sihvonen by Jaclyn Adams

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With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.

SIDE-NOTE PROJECTS – may the best idea win. We work with best-of-breed collaborators to deliver and publish work that is both beautiful and results driven. Rejecting a typical advertising model in favour of content production, SIDE-NOTE acts as a trusted conduit between creator and client.

SIDE-NOTE is a platform that tells stories of style and substance, merging the gap between contemporary culture and fashion. With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.

SIDE-NOTE PROJECTS – may the best idea win. We work with best-of-breed collaborators to deliver and publish work that is both beautiful and results driven. Rejecting a typical advertising model in favour of content production, SIDE-NOTE acts as a trusted conduit between creator and client.

SIDE-NOTE is a platform that tells stories of style and substance, merging the gap between contemporary culture and fashion.

With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.